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Joe Wilson: “I am specifically concerned, of course, of the district I represent for the reduction of 80,000 personnel of the Army.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
I am specifically concerned, of course, of the district I represent for the reduction of 80,000 personnel of the Army.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Joe Wilson highlights Army personnel reductions affecting his district.

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